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Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature / by Alexander E. Elinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elinson, Alexander E.
- Series:
- Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 34.
- Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 1571-5183 ; v. 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic literature--History and criticism.
- Arabic literature.
- Hebrew literature--History and criticism.
- Hebrew literature.
- Nostalgia in literature.
- Andalusia (Spain)--In literature.
- Andalusia (Spain).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Looking Back at al-Andalus focuses on Arabic and Hebrew Literature that expresses the loss of al-Andalus from multiple vantage points. In doing so, this book examines the definition of al-Andalus’ literary borders, the reconstruction of which navigates between traditional generic formulations and actual political, military and cultural challenges. By looking at a variety of genres, the book shows that literature aiming to recall and define al-Andalus expresses a series of symbolic literary objects more than a geographic and political entity fixed in a single time and place. Looking Back at al-Andalus offers a unique examination into the role of memory, language, and subjectivity in presenting a series of interpretations of what al-Andalus represented to different writers at different historical-cultural moments.
- Contents:
- The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain
- Written in stone : the Andalusi ritha al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition
- Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqusti's Qayrawan maqama
- Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qasida
- The view from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalusi identity
- A final look back
- Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-39881-4
- 9786612398810
- 90-474-4272-5
- OCLC:
- 592756327
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004166806.i-190 DOI
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